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Chapter Four
"Well I guess she closed her eyes/And just imagined everything's alright/ But she could not hide her tears" -Creed 'Wash Away Those Tears'
"Professor Xavier?" Cassa asked, pausing as she left her classroom. "I was wondering about my parents."
He nodded. "You've been wondering for a while, Cassa. I was wondering when you'd ask someone."
She looked uncomfortable as she returned to her seat on the other side of the desk. "I've just been feeling weird lately. I mean, I've never wanted to know before, it's never really been like this. Sure, I wondered but I felt no drive to actually ask and find out."
Professor Xavier nodded, as if he was the psychiatrist and she was the patient.
"I just want to know about my heritage." She finished, wary of the looks the professor was giving her.
He nodded. "Alright. Do you want the whole nine yards?"
She shook her head 'yes'.
"Alright. Scott may not be happy I told you, so don't tell him." She nodded her agreement again.
"Your mother's full name was Justine Geocaris. Her family was from an island off Greece, and they moved here when she was three years old. As she grew up, she found she had the ability to predict the future- fuzzy predictions, yes, but they were true nonetheless. When her parents, your grandparents, found out they put her up for adoption and abandoned her by moving to the other side of the country without leaving any address or phone number. By the time we found her she was twelve, and had spent three years in the orphanage. She had become reclusive and did not respond to other people- to humans. She grew out of it quickly, though, when we brought her here and made friends quickly. She took the name Oracle and never used Justine ever again.
"Shortly after Rogue- you know her as Marie- came to our school your mother became involved with another student, her friend, John Allerdyce. He could control and manipulate fire, and he had a tough attitude that meshed with Oracle's. He was also known as Pyro. They fell for each other, whether it was a love we don't know. The relationship only lasted for a month and a half. Mere days after the school was invaded by government forces, Pyro grew angry and joined Magneto and Mystique to oppose the humans and the mutant registration act their own way- violence. About six months later your mother was involved in an accident and died shortly after you were born. As for your father, we don't know anything about him- at least, not anything we can understand his emotions with."
Cassa was quiet as this sank in.
"Perhaps you're still too young to know that." the professor trailed off.
"No." Cassa said quickly. "No, it's fine. I was just wondering. Is my father still alive?"
"Yes. We've heard about his actions."
"Does. does he know about me? Does he know my mother's dead?"
The professor shook his head. "No, I don't believe he does."
"Okay." She muttered, and excused herself already deciding to skip her next class and disappear into the stables.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Oracle drifted back into consciousness but as the room cleared, she felt herself dragged back into unconciousness.
Chapter Four
"Well I guess she closed her eyes/And just imagined everything's alright/ But she could not hide her tears" -Creed 'Wash Away Those Tears'
"Professor Xavier?" Cassa asked, pausing as she left her classroom. "I was wondering about my parents."
He nodded. "You've been wondering for a while, Cassa. I was wondering when you'd ask someone."
She looked uncomfortable as she returned to her seat on the other side of the desk. "I've just been feeling weird lately. I mean, I've never wanted to know before, it's never really been like this. Sure, I wondered but I felt no drive to actually ask and find out."
Professor Xavier nodded, as if he was the psychiatrist and she was the patient.
"I just want to know about my heritage." She finished, wary of the looks the professor was giving her.
He nodded. "Alright. Do you want the whole nine yards?"
She shook her head 'yes'.
"Alright. Scott may not be happy I told you, so don't tell him." She nodded her agreement again.
"Your mother's full name was Justine Geocaris. Her family was from an island off Greece, and they moved here when she was three years old. As she grew up, she found she had the ability to predict the future- fuzzy predictions, yes, but they were true nonetheless. When her parents, your grandparents, found out they put her up for adoption and abandoned her by moving to the other side of the country without leaving any address or phone number. By the time we found her she was twelve, and had spent three years in the orphanage. She had become reclusive and did not respond to other people- to humans. She grew out of it quickly, though, when we brought her here and made friends quickly. She took the name Oracle and never used Justine ever again.
"Shortly after Rogue- you know her as Marie- came to our school your mother became involved with another student, her friend, John Allerdyce. He could control and manipulate fire, and he had a tough attitude that meshed with Oracle's. He was also known as Pyro. They fell for each other, whether it was a love we don't know. The relationship only lasted for a month and a half. Mere days after the school was invaded by government forces, Pyro grew angry and joined Magneto and Mystique to oppose the humans and the mutant registration act their own way- violence. About six months later your mother was involved in an accident and died shortly after you were born. As for your father, we don't know anything about him- at least, not anything we can understand his emotions with."
Cassa was quiet as this sank in.
"Perhaps you're still too young to know that." the professor trailed off.
"No." Cassa said quickly. "No, it's fine. I was just wondering. Is my father still alive?"
"Yes. We've heard about his actions."
"Does. does he know about me? Does he know my mother's dead?"
The professor shook his head. "No, I don't believe he does."
"Okay." She muttered, and excused herself already deciding to skip her next class and disappear into the stables.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Oracle drifted back into consciousness but as the room cleared, she felt herself dragged back into unconciousness.